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[gram-puhs] Pronunciation Key
[gram-puhs] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -pus·es.
| 1. | a cetacean, Grampus griseus, of the dolphin family, widely distributed in northern seas. |
| 2. | any of various related cetaceans, as the killer whale, Orcinus (Orca) orca. |
| 3. | a giant whip scorpion common to Florida. |
[Origin: 1520–30; earlier grampoys, var. (by assimilation) of graundepose great fish, equiv. to graunde grand + pose, poys < MF pois, peis < L pisce- (s. of piscis) fish; r. ME gra(s)peis < MF ≪ L crassus piscis fat fish]
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| gram·pus
(grām'pəs) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Alteration (perhaps influenced by grand) of Middle English graspeis, from Old French craspois, graspeis, from Medieval Latin crassus piscis, craspiscis : Latin crassus, fat + Latin piscis, fish.] |
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